Lt. governor's recreational marijuana listening tour coming to Bucks

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Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will be in Bucks County on May 15 to hear opinions on legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania.

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will bring his statewide listening tour on the possibility of legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania to Bucks County this month.

On Monday, his office announced he would hold a session from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Bucks County Community College's Zlock Performing Arts Center at 275 Swamp Road in Newtown Township. The session is open the public and state legislators and county commissioners have been invited.

Those who are not able to attend or who are interested in remotely leaving a comment about legalizieng recreational marijuana may submit comments via an online submission form available on the governor’s website at www.governor.pa.gov and the lieutenant governor’s official Facebook page. Residents had submitted more than 30,000 remarks by mid-April, Fetterman said an article in the Pittsburgh City Paper.

"Having wrapped up the first half of the tour, we’ve heard from Pennsylvanians who support, those who oppose, and those who are undecided," he said, noting near unanimous support for decriminalization, but concerns about marijuana being a "gateway drug that’ll lead people into addictions with other potentially deadly drugs."

In January Fetterman said that he would visit all 67 counties in Pennsylvania in an effort to gather input on legalizing recreational marijuana. So far he has visited about 50 counties, including a stop in Montgomery County.

“Starting in mid-February, I will be traveling to all 67 counties to listen to everyone’s thoughts whether they agree with this initiative or have recommendations,” Fetterman said in a release in January. “We want to make sure all Pennsylvanians have a say.”

Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has said that it is time for Pennsylvania to take a “serious and honest look” at legalizing recreational marijuana. Medical marijuana has been legal in Pennsylvania since 2016, and Wolf stressed that any proposal for legalizing recreational marijuana would need to be implemented after the medical marijuana program is fully implemented.

“John’s efforts will help ensure we are looking at this issue from all perspectives and from every corner of Pennsylvania,” Wolf said. “We both want to make sure the voices of all Pennsylvanians are heard.”

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